Sale reports / Kentucky / Harned Livestock Auction / 2021-01-04

Harned Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Harned, Kentucky · Mon, Jan 4
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2207
Feeder Cattle receipts
456 head
353 vs last sale 809 215 vs year ago 671 · 32.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
79 vs last sale 133 88 vs year ago 142 · 62.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
1 vs last sale 4 5 vs year ago 10 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends available due to Christmas Holiday.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $121.94/cwt on 153 head.
Average price
$121.94
153 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$719
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$156
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$9.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.61
vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2609124.07755119
Medium and Large 2-3523114.4959934
One grade step is worth $9.58/cwt here — about $156 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale153 hd
121.94
KY average8 barns · 1,394 hd
122.55
−0.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,74080.311,3974thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52251.127785thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,24149.9962122

Every lot, as filed

65 lots · USDA AMS · United Producers Inc. - Harned, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2431158.77/cwt154.00–161.0068410
SteersMedium and Large 1-2730124.42/cwt120.00–125.2590815
BullsMedium and Large 2-3463139.85/cwt122.00–148.006485
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2405125.99/cwt125.00–127.005102
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3574110.76/cwt110.00–111.006364
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added602129.00/cwt129.00–129.0077715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330134.32/cwt134.00–135.004433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added708129.75/cwt129.75–129.7591934
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582116.90/cwt115.00–118.0068018
SteersMedium and Large 1-2435146.00/cwt146.00–146.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2218141.00/cwt141.00–141.003072
BullsMedium and Large 1-2477129.70/cwt129.00–132.006197
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2865100.74/cwt100.00–101.008714
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576135.02/cwt132.00–138.007784
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2477122.85/cwt121.00–124.005866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2621128.26/cwt125.50–130.0079624
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2521117.00/cwt116.00–118.006106
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,19557.00/cwt57.00–57.006813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2526133.99/cwt130.00–143.007057
SteersMedium and Large 1-2755125.00/cwt125.00–125.009442
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2682117.76/cwt111.00–120.0080311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2628118.57/cwt116.00–122.007459
BullsMedium and Large 1-2625119.52/cwt118.00–120.007474
BullsMedium and Large 1-2825100.00/cwt100.00–100.008252
SteersMedium and Large 1-2466145.28/cwt140.00–148.006773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862115.00/cwt115.00–115.009912
BullsMedium and Large 1-2240169.00/cwt169.00–169.004062
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350141.00/cwt141.00–141.004941
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52251.12/cwt48.50–53.007785
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06540.07/cwt35.00–45.004273
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26951.56/cwt43.00–58.0065419
Bulls1,74080.31/cwt75.00–85.001,3974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2370131.11/cwt130.00–132.004857
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3525113.00/cwt113.00–113.005931
BullsMedium and Large 1-277798.61/cwt95.00–100.007667
SteersMedium and Large 2-3523122.75/cwt120.00–128.006423
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2708127.00/cwt127.00–127.008992
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3470117.19/cwt108.00–120.005518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2810114.50/cwt112.00–117.009274
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3621108.60/cwt103.00–110.006745
BullsMedium and Large 2-3670107.49/cwt100.00–112.007204
SteersMedium and Large 2-3420132.86/cwt130.00–136.005582
BullsMedium and Large 2-374588.00/cwt88.00–88.006561
SteersMedium and Large 2-3685121.00/cwt121.00–121.008291
BullsMedium and Large 1-2587118.36/cwt116.00–119.5069510
BullsMedium and Large 2-3278134.06/cwt127.00–141.003732
SteersMedium and Large 2-3725116.06/cwt112.00–120.008412
BullsMedium and Large 2-3564112.90/cwt100.00–118.006375
SteersMedium and Large 2-3584124.97/cwt120.00–130.007304
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3674110.52/cwt108.00–112.007454
BullsMedium and Large 2-3532117.97/cwt115.00–120.006285
BullsMedium and Large 2-386885.00/cwt85.00–85.007382
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3428116.99/cwt110.00–120.005016
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3365122.33/cwt117.00–125.004473
BullsMedium and Large 2-3335131.46/cwt114.00–150.004402
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3730110.00/cwt110.00–110.008031
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250132.00/cwt132.00–132.003301
BullsMedium and Large 1-2728105.70/cwt102.00–110.007697
BullsMedium and Large 2-3435115.00/cwt115.00–115.005001
SteersMedium and Large 1-2679125.86/cwt124.00–127.0085520
SteersMedium and Large 1-2322173.00/cwt173.00–173.005572
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,19068.57/cwt63.00–75.008162
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3755103.00/cwt103.00–103.007781
SteersMedium and Large 2-3360138.00/cwt138.00–138.004971
BullsMedium and Large 2-3370117.29/cwt110.00–121.004343

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.